Windows Migration Engineer (L1 / L2)

Windows Migration Engineer

Role:Windows Migration Engineer L1 / L2

Location : Chennai,Bangalore,Coimbatore

Experience 3- 8 years

Shifts :Rotational Shifts applicable,with Night shift from WFH option.

Role & responsibilities

• Involve migration wave execution for Windows workloads
• Ensure domain join, AD registration, DNS, IP settings, and OU policies are properly configured
• Troubleshoot AD join failures, GPO misalignments, AV agent malfunctions
• Support and coach junior engineers during cutover sprints
• Validate logs, services, AV compliance, and patch levels post-migration
• Collaborate with app and infrastructure teams during Hypercare testing
• Perform rollback or failback procedures if required
• Maintain escalation logs and wave completion status
• Review and update migration runbooks for future reuse

Preferred candidate profile

• Expertise in

  Windows Server 2012 R2/2016/2019/2022

• Cluster Management (Windows Failover Cluster, shared disks, heartbeat monitoring)

• Familiarity with HCX, Zerto migration tools

• VM template handling and guest OS customization via vSphere
• Familiarity with FT (Fault Tolerance) and RDMs in vSphere environments

• Active Directory/LDAP join validation, GPO inheritance, OU policies

• Firewall, antivirus, and system hardening checks

• Database awareness (MSSQL) to help triage connectivity or service dependencies during migration

• Hands-on with PowerShell for troubleshooting and scripting (GPO, firewall, services)
• Windows Group Policies, login scripts, roaming profiles
• Event log analysis and service failure remediation
• Antivirus agent management and log validation (Defender, Symantec, Trend Micro etc.)
• SCCM/WSUS client troubleshooting
• Disk management, network adapters, firewall rule validation
• Prefer to have troubleshooting basic VMware issues related to Virtual Machines

Note:We are looking for candidates with max notice of 0-30 Days.Candidates willing to relocate to the above locations are encouraged to apply.